Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to figure out your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Kirksville you can estimate when it's a good idea to plant sweet potato vine by reviewing the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Sweet Potato Vine

Frost tolerance for sweet potato vine:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

You should not plant sweet potato vine until after all chance of frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant sweet potato vine in Kirksville is April. However, you really should wait until May if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant sweet potato vine and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your sweet potato vine may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your sweet potato vine indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Kirksville. It might get as low as -15°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Kirksville is just an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Kirksville you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your sweet potato vine in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Kirksville

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-15°F
Highest Expected Low	-10°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -10°F.

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